Product Overview
Our certified organic Lemongrass essential oil has a fresh, strong, lemon-like, grassy-herbaceous aroma with an herbal/oily drydown. Lemongrass oil is broadly useful in aromatherapy and, beloved for its refreshing and calming lemony scent, is one of the world's best-selling essential oils. Although partial wilting and chopping the lemongrass leaves prior to distillation significantly increases yield, some feel a finer aroma comes from distilling only freshly harvested grass.[1]
East Indian Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus), also called Cochin grass or Malabar grass, is native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand, while West Indian Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is native to South Asia and Maritime Southeast Asia. While both can be used interchangeably, C. flexuosus has higher solubility in alcohol[2] and is therefore largely used in the perfume industry. Lemongrass essential oil is the quintessential air freshener, making it a popular addition to diffusers and room sprays, but also finds use in aromatic rubs and massage oils.
1 Guenther, Ernest. The Essential Oils, Vol. IV, 1950, p. 21.
2 Ibid.
